Hadrian Closes Funding at Nearly $8 Billion as Defense Tech Valuations Surge
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Updated · CNBC · Aug 6
Hadrian Closes Funding at Nearly $8 Billion as Defense Tech Valuations Surge
1 articles · Updated · CNBC · Aug 6
Summary
Hadrian closed a new funding round at a nearly $8 billion valuation, more than quadrupling its January valuation as investors pile into defense manufacturing.
Baillie Gifford and J.P. Morgan Strategic Investment Group led the round, which CEO Chris Power said will fund hiring, expand the Opus factory software platform and ease production bottlenecks in submarines, munitions and drones.
Opus is already used by the Army and Navy, and Hadrian said additional defense-prime partnerships will be announced soon.
The raise extends a broader defense-tech boom tied to Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense push and rising geopolitical tensions; Shield AI reached $12.7 billion in March, Saronic $9.25 billion and Anduril more than $60 billion.
With defense-tech funding hitting record highs in 2026, will Hadrian's AI-driven space and naval factories actually fix the U.S. manufacturing crisis?
Does centralizing America's aging defense supply chain into a few AI-run mega-factories solve bottlenecks, or create a massive new cybersecurity target?
How can a startup quadruple its valuation to $8 billion in months by claiming to turn novices into defense machinists in 30 days?